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Teen Zine August 12th, 2019
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Challenge 1: Reading Each hour you log at teensummerlibraryexperience.ca will earn you 5 points. Challenge 1: Reading will be closing on August 16th! Soon after we will be announcing the grand prizes winners! Challenge 5: Book as Body Take a picture of yourself using a book as part of your body, you may submit up to 5 pictures for 5 points each! Challenge 5 will be closing on August 16th! Check out the book list later in the Teen Zine for inspiration.
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Three Dark Crowns by Kendare BlakeThe latest generation of triplets born to wield the coveted magic that will cost two of them their lives hide a secret that two of them have reached the age of 16 without manifesting any abilities in spite of guardian armies that are preparing to defend their champions.
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Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth LimRisking her life by disguising herself as a boy to secure the position of imperial tailor, Maia is given the impossible task of sewing three magic gowns representing the sun, moon and stars for the emperor's reluctant bride-to-be.
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All the Greys on Greene Streetby Laura TuckerA 12-year-old artist in 1981 SoHo searches for answers when her father, a restorer of antique paintings, abruptly disappears in the middle of the night amid questions about a partner's suspicious behavior and a missing work of art.
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Immunity by Erin BowmanIn a high-suspense sequel to Contagion, Thea, Coen and Nova find themselves imprisoned by their rescuers and are forced to confront the evil on the planet of Achlys in order to escape.
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Out of Placeby Jennifer BlecherTargeted by a school-wide bullying campaign after her best friend moves away, 12-year-old Cove takes sewing lessons from a crafty retiree in the hope of winning a spot in a design competition that will help her visit her friend in New York.
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The Merciful Crow by Margaret OwenFie, a sixteen-year-old chieftain from a lowly cast of mercy-killers, must rely on her wits and bone magic to smuggle the crown prince of Sabor to safety.
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Queen of the Seaby Dylan MeconisA lavishly detailed graphic novel partly inspired by the exile of Elizabeth I follows the banishment of a queen to a convent on a tiny coastal island, where her growing friendship with a mysterious young orphan leads to discoveries about the island's sinister true purpose.
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Symptoms of a Heartbreak by Sona CharaipotraFresh from medical school, teenage genius Saira takes a job treating childhood cancer, and must prove herself to skeptical adult coworkers while adjusting to real life-and-death stakes and falling for one of her patients.
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This Was Our Pactby Ryan AndrewsBen and his friends are determined to find out where the paper lanterns of the annual Autumn Equinox Festival go, so they follow the river as far as they can until the only followers left are Ben and Nathaniel.
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A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J MaasHoping to gather information on Tamlin and the invading king threatening Prythian, Feyre plays a deadly game of deceit while trying to find allies.
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The Giverby Lois LowryLiving in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade.
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A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba BrayAfter the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma Doyle returns to England, after many years in India, to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world.
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I am Malala by Malala YousafzaiMalala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region. They said music was a crime. They said women weren't allowed to go to the market. They said girls couldn't go to school. Raised in a once-peaceful area of Pakistan transformed by terrorism, Malala was taught to stand up for what she believes. So she fought for her right to be educated. And on October 9, 2012, she nearly lost her life for the cause: She was shot point-blank while riding the bus on her way home from school. No one expected her to survive.
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Before I fall by Lauren OliverAfter she dies in a car crash, teenaged Samantha relives the day of her death over and over again until, on the seventh day, she finally discovers a way to save herself.
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The Marrow Thievesby Cherie DimalineIn a world where most people have lost the ability to dream, a fifteen-year-old Indigenous boy who is still able to dream struggles for survival against an army of "recruiters" who seek to steal his marrow and return dreams to the rest of the world.
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